A Developer’s Guide to Creating HIPAA Compliant Software
You’ve coded up this amazing piece of software that is perfect for the healthcare market. The fact that the industry’s footprint is more than $3.8 billion in [...]
FY 2021 OSHA Fines and Violations Roundup for Healthcare
While the pandemic raged in FY 2021, enforcement efforts of the Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) fines and violations within healthcare totaled nearly $3.7 million. 2,786 Inspections Result [...]
FTC Breach Notification Rule Expands for Health Applications
A recent policy statement by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has dramatically expanded coverage and penalties under the FTC Breach Notification Rule for companies that develop and offer mobile [...]
Don’t Miss the 2022 HIPAA Breach Notification Rule Deadline
Hopefully, you’ve been keeping a list of your minor breaches that occurred in 2021 because now is the time to report them to the Department of Health [...]
Settlement Reached in Excellus HIPAA Class Action Lawsuit
The final chapter of the Excellus Health Plan 2015 data breach that affected more than 9.3 million patients nationwide may be in sight. A settlement has been [...]
NY AG SHIELD UP! Vision Benefits Provider Settles Email Data Breach
In January of 2022, EyeMed Vision Care LLC, a New York vision benefits provider, settled an action brought by the New York State Attorney General against it [...]
2021 HIPAA “Wall of Shame” Healthcare Data Breaches Up 7.5%
With at least six weeks before final numbers are in, the Department of Health and Human Services HIPAA Breach Reporting Tool website is reporting 713 major healthcare [...]
What’s the Civil Penalty for Unknowingly Violating HIPAA?
When a covered entity or business associate makes the HIPAA Wall of Shame for a significant breach or violation, it often results in huge fines. In some [...]
Causes and Effects of HIPAA Violations in the Dental Field
Building and maintaining a thriving dental practice is not a simple task. Between keeping your staff at peak efficiency, managing vendors, marketing your services, treating patients, and [...]
Accellion Settles Healthcare Data Breach Suit for $8.1 Mil
According to a Reuters report, Accellion Inc., now rebranded as Kiteworks, has reached an $8.1 million settlement to end litigation following a 2020 healthcare data breach that [...]
